Philip of Artois, count of Eu (d. 1397)
Philippe d'Artois, count of Eu (1358 - 1397), constable of France. He was the third son of Jean d'Artois, count of Eu, and Isabeau de Melun. He was married to Marie of Berry. Philippe d'Artois died whilst he was held hostage by the Turks after the military disaster of Nicopolis (1396), as Froissart recounts in Book IV of the Chronicles: '...le conte d'Eu fut si debilités de maladie et si alterés des ers et des viands dures et estranges qu'il ot, lesquelles il n'avoit point acoustumé ne aprins, que a Haulte Loge en Grece, la ou il se tenoit avecq les autres, il moru et trespassa de ce siecle, dont tous les seigneurs et compaignons furent moult courrouchiés, mais amender ne le peurent. Si fut ledict Phelippe d'Artois, conte d'Eu et connestable de France, widiez et enbasmés et en cel estat en ung sarcu et rapportés en France, et ensevelis en l'eglise sainct Laurent d'Eu, et la gist' (4380 ff.122b-122c).
View full articleRobert de Fleurigny
Robert de Florigny or Fleurigny, squire of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
View full articleRobert of Namur (d. 1391)
Born around 1325 as the sixth son of John I, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He was lord of Beaufort-sur-Meuse and Renaix. He followed the example of his brothers and took part in several campaigns in Prussia. He was knighted by the lord of Spontin during one of his earliest Prussian campains, in the winter of 1346–1347. On his return he joined King Edward III at the siege of Calais. On 1 July 1347 Edward III granted him an annuity. In 1354 Robert married Isabella of Hainault, the sister of the English queen, Philippa of Hainault, from whom he had no offspring. His second marriage to Isabella of Melun also remained childless. In 1371 Robert was marshal of the duke of Brabant for the military campaign against the duke of Juliers and was taken prisonner during the Battle of Baesweiler, where he may have commanded the vanguard. In 1382 he accompanied Anne of Bohemia from Maastricht to London, where she was to marry the English king Richard II. He died in April 1391. Robert was one of Froissart’s patron.
View full articleWilliam I of Flanders, count of Namur (d. 1391)
Born in 1324 as the fifth son of John I of Flanders, count of Namur, and Marie of Artois. He married Jeanne of Hainault, widow of Louis I of Châtillon, count of Blois, who died in 1350. In 1352 he married Catherine of Savoy, by whom he had three children. He became margrave, or count, of Namur in 1337. He fought on the French side at the Battle of Crécy. He died on 1 October 1391 and was succeded as count of Namur by his eldest son, William I.
View full articleJohn III, count of Namur (d. 1429)
John of Namur, lord of Wijnendaele, Renaix, Walcourt, Beaufort-sur-Marne and Peteghem. Son of William I, count of Namur, and his second wife Catherine de Savoie. He succeeded his brother, William II, as count of Namur in 1418. He died in 1429.
View full articleHugues de Châlon-Arlay, lord of Arlay (d. 1388)
Hugues de Châlon-Arlay (c. 1334 - 1388), lord of Arlay; son of Jean II de Châlon-Arlay and Marguerite de Mello. He married Blanche de Geneva, lady of Frontenay.
View full articleGaucher de Châtillon, lord of Fère-en-Tardenois
Gaucher de Châtillon, lord of Fère-en-Tardenois.
View full articleJean d'Halewyn
Jean d'Halewyn, son of Gautier III d'Halewyn and Péronne de Saint Omer.
View full articleOudart de Chasseron
Oudart de Chasseron (? - 1396), chamberlain and councillor of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. He accompanied Jean de Nevers, son of Philip the Bold, to Turkey where he was captured at the battle of Nicopolis and subsequently died at the hands of the Turks.
View full articleHugues de Melun, lord of Antoing (d. c. 1405)
Hugues de Melun (? - c. 1405), lord of Antoing, Espinoy and Sotteghem, viscount of Ghent; son of Jean I de Melun and his second wife Isabeau d'Antoing. Hugues took over his mother's inheritance and was consequently called 'd'Antoing'. He married 1) Marguerite de Picquigny 2) Béatrix de Beaumont.
View full articleJean VI de Ghistelles
Jean VI de Ghistelles, chamberlain of Charles V. He was the son of Jean V de Ghistelles and Isabelle de Rodes, and cousin of Louis de Male, count of Flanders.
View full articleJean de Condé, lord of Morialmé
Jean de Condé, lord of Morialmé. He had married Marie de Saint-Pol, sister of Waleran de Luxemburg, count of Saint-Pol.
View full articleGuy VI de la Trémoille (d. 1397)
Guy de la Trémoille (1346 - 1397), a chamberlain of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy; later councillor and chamberlain of king Charles VI of France. Son of Guy de la Trémoille and Radegonde de Guérand. He married Marie de Sully and gained the title of lord of Sully. She was daughter and heir of Louis I, lord of Sully, and Isabelle de Craon. John Bell Henneman has noted that Marie brought with her to this marriage such a large inheritance that it made the fortune of her husband's family.
View full articleDamas de Buxeuil
Damas de Buxeuil, chamberlain of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
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